Archive for September, 2010

Album Review – Record Collection by Mark Ronson & The Business International

Record Collection is an apt description of the new Mark Ronson album, with appearances coming thick and fast from hip-hop luminaries Ghostface Killah and Q-Tip, to 80′s pop masters Simon Le Bon and Boy George. Having done away with the horns, this is supposedly a representation of Ronson’s own record collection. Opening track and lead [ READ MORE ]

Album Review – A Complete Introduction To Sugar Hill Records

The opening track to A Complete Introduction To Sugar Hill Records is the record that pushed hip-hop into the mainstream. ‘Rappers Delight’ by The Sugarhill Gang is an undeniable classic. The 15 minute track was selling thousands of copies a day and getting radio airplay that hip-hop had never before received. Some radio stations even [ READ MORE ]

The Bike Song

  • September 27th, 2010
  • Posted in Design

The Bike Song by Mark Ronson (& The Business Intl) caught my attention not because of the song itself, but the fact that the video features a Brompton, Moulton and Raleigh Burner, three amazing bikes owned by myself, Harry Worth and Rob respectively. I guess they must have seen us and realised how cool we [ READ MORE ]

Missed Opportunities

  • September 18th, 2010
  • Posted in Blog

The Joe Gibbs Seven Inch Spectacular Box Set is exactly what it sounds like. Four of Joe Gibbs spectacular singles on 7″ vinyl in one beautiful box set, all for only £25. With only 1000 made and all hand numbered, it was something I wanted the moment I saw it in Brighton’s Borderline record store. [ READ MORE ]

Album Review – The Ordeal by Stuart Warwick

The official website for Stuart Warwick says that “In his spare time he writes music” which is quite an odd description of a musician considering that it is meant to be their profession. Not so for Stuart Warwick, who’s day job is actually as Professor of Applied Anthropology at the London School of Economics. The [ READ MORE ]

Album Review – Barking by Underworld

After recording and mixing the nine tracks that would eventually make up Barking, Underworld began correspondence with various producers to help them create the album released today. Speaking to the Guardian, Underworld said that hearing their own music remixed for over twenty years of had inspired them to no longer work alone but to collaborate [ READ MORE ]

Album Review – A Thousand Suns by Linkin Park

When I was 11 years old, Linkin Park were the epitome of cool and as time went on I found that their future releases were better than debut album Hybrid Theory. The collaboration with Jay-Z was inescapably good, while second album Meteora featured an incredibly good instrumental piece called ‘Session’ (also featured on a soundtrack [ READ MORE ]

Album Review – Flamingo by Brandon Flowers

When the lead single for Brandon Flowers first solo album was premiered in mid June of this year there was a fair amount of anticipation surrounding it. Was ‘Crossfire’ going to be like when Thom Yorke released The Eraser; digital beats and laptop loops? Or maybe more like Brian Eno’s Ambient 1/Music For Airports? No. [ READ MORE ]

Album Review – Body Talk PT2 by Robyn

The excitement garnered by Robyn’s announcement that she would be putting out three albums in less than a year was staggering; every music blog, site, magazine and paper wrote about it and debated whether or not it would work. The attention grabbing Body Talk PT1 was released three months ago in June packed with hits [ READ MORE ]

Cellist For ELO Mike Edwards Dies

  • September 6th, 2010
  • Posted in News

In a freak accident the former cellist for the Electric Light Orchestra Mike Edwards died on Friday. Mr Edwards’ van collided with another van whilst driving along the A381 near Totnes, Devon, after a 600kg bale of hay rolled down a hill, over a hedge and onto the roof of Mr Edwards van. Mike Edwards [ READ MORE ]

Fan-Shot Radiohead Concert Movie (Band Approved)

  • September 4th, 2010
  • Posted in News

On August 23rd 2009 more than 50 fans shot in-the-crowd footage of Radiohead’s gig at Prauge’s Výstaviště Holešovice Exhibition Hall on Flip cameras. The footage was put together to make a concert film titled Live In Praha, with Radiohead themselves gave their own audio masters for the show to use. The film is available for [ READ MORE ]

A Mind Controlled Theremin

  • September 4th, 2010
  • Posted in News

Apples In Stereo frontman Robert Schneider has supposedly invented a way to play an analogue synth entirely through brain activity, he calls it the Teletron. Assuming it’s real then it is pretty amazing, if not, then it’s still a cool idea. Have a look below[ READ MORE ]

Live Review – Hurts Album Launch Party

Last night at the luxurious Royal Institution of British Architects building on Portland Place, London, Hurts held a party to launch their new album, Happiness. At the top of some stairs leading to the room in which the party was held, a grand piano was being beautifully played by a suited man while an elderly [ READ MORE ]

Wishlist – The Record Players: DJ Revolutionaries

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iTunes Ping

  • September 2nd, 2010
  • Posted in News

After yesterday’s announcement, Apple launched their new version of iTunes today which included their new social media app Ping. The app’s ‘homepage’ is the ‘Recent Activity’ page. This displays the recent activity of the people you’re following; friends, celebrities, producers, musicians, etc. Immediately reminiscent of Twitter, it’s the app’s integration with iTunes that defines it. [ READ MORE ]

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